Drunkenness and Crime.—What are the reasons for such an alarming increase in the nation's drink bill? 'The relation of crime to intemperance is well understood by men who have to deal with those who transgress the laws of the land. In the words of a Philadelphia judge, 'Rum and blood, I mean the shedding of blood, go hand in hand.''
'A district attorney in the city of Boston is reported as declaring that 'Ninety-nine out of every hundred of the crimes in our commonwealth are produced by intoxicating liquors.''
'Let those in positions of public trust take heed lest thru wine and strong drink they forget the law, and pervert judgment.'
'Wo unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong.' 'Behind the liquor-dealer stands the mighty destroyer of souls.'
'Often he is forbidden to sell intoxicants to one who is drunk, or who is known to be a confirmed drunkard; but the work of making drunkards of the youth goes steadily forward. Upon the creating of the liquor appetite in the youth the very life of the traffic depends.'
'Should not the liquor-saloons that have wrought so much evil, be entirely abolished?'
'Let the voices of the nation demand of its lawmakers that a stop be put to this infamous traffic.'
These startling sentences have been selected from a new sixteen-page tract just received from the press. They call attention in a marked way to the evils of the liquor traffic; and the responsibility for the continuance of this awful crime-producing agency is clearly indicated.
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